T&T: Victorious pannist needs liver transplant

Sixteen-year-old Shiron Cooper achieved a tremendous feat on Tuesday night by winning the pan solo category at the 26th Biennial Music Festival at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s.

Cooper who suffers from primary sclerosing cholangitis, a disease that can cause liver failure, needs a liver transplant.
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Cooper, a student of Woodbrook Government Secondary who has been playing for eight years, won with a composition by Leon Foster Thomas entitled “Call of the Amerindians.”
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“I was a little frightened while playing onstage so I pretended to be practising at home, and I had practised all day yesterday,” she said.
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Cooper, who is raising funds for her surgery, which will cost over $1 million, said the drive was almost at a standstill because people hardly put money into the account.

But she’s hoping she would get help so she can have the liver transplant as soon as possible.

You can help Shiron Cooper obtain a liver transplant by donating online to

Shiron Cooper Fund, Account # 400053
Scotiabank
56-58 Richmond Street
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad, West Indies
Telephone: 868-625-3566
Fax: 868-627-5278
Scotiabank email

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